Kevin Stewart on tour with Deke Dickerson
Our friend and AOSB member, Kevin Stewart will be touring USA with Deke Dickerson this August and September. The drummer for this tour gonna be Bobby Trimble (Big Sandy). Deke is well known to have the best musicians in his band and we know that Kevin is the right choice!
The tour starts in Colorado on August 20th and goes through Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. Be sure to check out this amazing band!
All dates are posted on Deke Dickerson's official website.
Djordje Stijepovic on Pacific NW tour with Fishtank Ensemble!Djordje Stijepovic will be on tour with his wild Gypsy band Fishtank Ensemble for the whole month of August. All dates are posted on www.fishtankensemble.com and Djordje's myspace page here. The tour starts in Anacordes, WA on August 5th. Come to see this band in Washington, Portland, Nevada and California! Djordje will also do a bass workshop in Davis, CA on August 21st-23rd. If you live in the area, sign in ASAP, because the space is limited. Please go to the Davis Art Center w-site for more information (click on "Summer 2009 Catalog" - opens up in PDF). New video of Kevin Smith with Willie Nelson!Great slap bass player (and member of The Art of Slap Bass forum) Kevin Smith plays with Willie Nelson's new Western Swing project that includes members of Asleep at the Wheel! Willie and the Wheel, which is the name of this band, toured all over US and recorded a great album. Kevin is on 9 of 12 tracks of this record. The Art of Slap Bass readers will be happy to hear his nice solo on the song "Bring It down". The band just released a video clip for the single Hesitation Blues. You can check it out here and see Kevin slapping his legendary Ideal Cooler bass at 0:22 (behind Willie), 1:34 and 1:43! Congratulations to Kevin!!! Thank you all!!!In just a first few weeks we got more than 1000 YouTube views of the first AOSB video episode and almost 100 members including some amazing players like Kevin Smith, Jimmy Sutton and others. The Art of Slap Bass is growing faster than we could ever hoped for! Special thanks goes to Mike Sirman, Dan Enriquez and Kevin Stewart for being the most active members on the forum! Please continue to spread a word about the Art of Slap Bass! Stay tuned for more upcoming interviews and interesting articles! Jimmy Sutton on tour in Europe!Great slap bass player (and member of AOSB) Jimmy Sutton will be on tour in Europe with Deke Dickerson from July 4th to July 12th! They'll play in Switzerland, Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden and Belgium. All dates are posted on www.dekedickerson.com. Be sure to check out this amazing player and amazing band! |
